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                  <p class="p_Heading1"><span class="f_Heading1">The Legacy RTF Report Generator</span></p>



  
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<td valign="bottom" width="952" bgcolor="#efeff7" style="width:952px; background-color:#efeff7;"><p class="p_TiporNote" style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none;"><span class="f_TiporNote">Note:</span></p>
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<td width="952" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:952px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">The Legacy Generator is available if you have RTF templates created in releases of Enterprise Architect prior to 4.1, and you prefer to generate RTF reports using the original generator. However, as you can generate reports from these templates using the post-Enterprise Architect 4.1 RTF Generator, the Legacy Generator and instructions for its use </span><span class="f_TiporNoteText">are no longer updated</span><span class="f_TiporNoteText">.</span></p>
<p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">However, reports produced using the Legacy RTF Generator do reflect the <a href="rich_text_notes_toolbar.htm">Rich Text Notes</a> formatting feature in any text associated with elements.</span></p>
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<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">Creating a Rich Text Format (RTF) document is a simple and flexible process. An RTF document is based on a package or an element in your project (more usually a package). To produce a document, you must select the package or element to report on in the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Project Browser</span><span class="f_BodyText">, </span><span class="f_UIControl">Element List </span><span class="f_BodyText">or</span><span class="f_UIControl"> Model Search</span><span class="f_BodyText">, and press </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">[F8]</span><span class="f_BodyText">.</span></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">You access the Legacy </span><span class="f_UIControl">Rich Text Format Report</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog by clicking on the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Switch generator</span><span class="f_BodyText"> button on the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Advanced</span><span class="f_BodyText"> tab of the <a href="rtfdocumentoptions.htm">Generate RTF Documentation dialog.</a></span></p>
<p class="p_TextIndentedL2"><img src="rtfwizard.png" width="805" height="606" border="0" alt="RTFWizard"></p>
<p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The following topics provide assistance on using the Legacy </span><span class="f_UIControl">Rich Text Format Report</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog to document your project.</span></p>
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<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="documentasingleelement.htm">Document a Single Element</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="thertfreportwizard.htm">The RTF Report Dialog</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="setthemainrtfproperties.htm">Set the Main RTF Properties</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="applyafilter.htm">Apply a Filter</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="excludeobjects.htm">Exclude Elements</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="rtfdiagramformat.htm">RTF Diagram Format</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="modelinclude.htm">Model Include</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="rtfoptions.htm">RTF Report Options</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="rtfselections.htm">RTF Report Selections</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="generatethereport.htm">Generate the Report</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="diagramonlyreport.htm">Diagram Only Report</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="rtfstyletemplate.htm">Report Templates</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="includeorexcludeapackagef.htm">Include or Exclude a Package from Report</a></span></li>
<li><span class="f_Bulletlist1"><a href="saveasdocument.htm">Save as Document</a></span></li>
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